08/04/2026
Dear younger me,
You are about to embark on a path that I promise will be full of adventure. It will be full of the magic that you glimpsed as a child, that in your later years has been replaced by the mundane and the stresses of life. The play that was encouraged when you were a child but now life has become very serious.
Itās time to bring your inspiration, your magic, your creativity back into the priorities of your life.
Art is no longer the thing that slips off the end of the to do list.
Art is the way home.
Back to you, you simply need to pickup the paint brush and begin,
You will walk through the challenges as you go,
But I am here to assure you that art has so much to give you, more than I can tell you right now.
And I promise you, It will be a beautiful journey, with many bumps, many turns. But the rewards for taking the first steps on this journey far outweigh the trials and tribulations.
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I have walked this path now for the last 8 years and more,
I didnāt have a companion, I did it mostly alone. I hit many āwrongā turns over the years. Even just a couple of years ago, I almost joined an art institute that goes against everything I had been working towards. It was all about technique and there was eliteness in the air. And yes, some technique can help, but the most important thing is the raw, organic process, because that is where you find yourself.
You find āyouā in the moments of discomforst in those parts that were scattered, that broke into a million pieces. This is about gently bringing those parts back, letting them know that they are welcome, that they are safe. Theyāre welcome to come home now.
Iām not going to pretend that this journey has been easy. Itās been really hard and i have wanted to give up many times. The people around me have not always been the most supportive, and yet I still keep choosing this path, again and again, the path only a few choose.
And this is when I decided to build the safe space that I didnt have. A place artists can call home.
As a write, a piece of artwork I drew eight years ago keeps coming to my mind, the one above.
Iām here to walk those home who want to remember who they are.
